Card holder



July 1, 1930;

P. R. VOGEL CARD HOLDER Filed. Dec. 28, 1928 FQaZ/YZyeZ Patented July 1, 1 930 UNITED sures PAUL R. VOGEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS CARD HoLnnR Application filed December 28, 923; Serial no. 328,923.

My invention relates to card holders and more particularly to a device for holding and displaying greeting cards such as Christmas cards and the like.

It is a purpose of this invention to provide a device of this character which may be utilized to hold any number of cards or booklets of various size in such manner that the same may be readily attached to or removed from the holder.

It isalso a purpose of this invention to provide a novel construction in such holder that will permit a relatively strong gripping action of the card and at the same time offer no substantial difficulty in attaching the card thereto. 1

These objects and advantages of theinvention will appear more clearly as the description proceeds in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein one form of the invention is shown. However, it is to be distinctly understood that I do not intend to limit myself to the exact details shown and described, but I intend to avail myself of all such modifications as fall within the scope of the claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front view of the card holder showing how it is utilized to hold cards and folders of different sizes;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a section of the card holder;

Fig. 3. is a section on 2, and

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, my improved card holder consists preferably of an elongated strip 5 of relatively stiff material, such as cardboard, which may the line 3-3 of be mounted upon a suitable backing 6 when it is desired to support the same for display purposes. This strip 5 has at 7 and 8, longitudinally extending rows of substantially horseshoe shape apertures 9 cut out ofthe I 1? material, leaving the teeth 10 secured at one edge as at 11 to the strip 5. v

It will be noted from an inspection of Fig. 3 these teeth 10 are bent outwardly at 11 and then crimped so that the free ends 12 thereof extend back substantially into alignment with the main body of the strip. The purpose of thisconstruction and of the horseshoe shapeapertures 9 is topermit a card to be slipped under the tooth 10 by slightly flexing the card and to give a relatively strong gripping action by the teeth 10, since it is obvious that their tendency will be to return after the card is placed thereunder into the original position shown in Fig. 3. The teeth 10 in the rows 7 and 8 serve to hold the bottom of the cards 13 as indicated clearly in Fig. 1. These teeth. 10' are preferably evenly spaced throughout the length of the strip so that the lower edges of the card will align with each other irrespective of the size of the card and thus present a neat appearance.

The means for securing the upper edge of the card in position consists of series of teeth indicated at 14, 15, and 16 in Fig. 2, which teeth are staggered in such manner that the free edges-thereof overlap so that on any straight line drawn across the card, at least one of these teeth will be intersected intermediate its ends. 'As will be seen from Fig. 1,-this makes it possible to-secure any size of car or folder both at the top and bottom so as to hold it firmly in position without presenting any serious obstruction that would prevent proper display of the card.

' I The teeth 1 1,15, and 16 are struck up from the material but unlike the teeth 10, they extend substantially parallel to the strip 5 and are not provided with the enlarged apertures. surrounding them as is the case with the teeth 10. Thus the card need only be flexed slightly after the lower edge is secured beneath the teeth l0 to enable the upper edge to be slid beneath the teeth 14;, 15, or 16 which makes it very easy to attach the card to the strip. The teeth lei, 15, and 16 are shown as arranged in verticallyeXtending rows, but it is obvious that any other suitable staggered arrange,- ment may be used. The gist of the structure liesin the fact that the free end portions-of in position to extend over it.

- From the above description, it is thought these teeth overlap each other to suchan ex.-

- next adjacent tooth the direction in wh ch that the construction and advantages of this invention will be clear to those skilled in this -art."

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as newand desire'to secure by Letters Patent is: i

I V i 1. Anardholding display device compris ing aisheetof stiff material havingthereon a i pair of spaced rows of teeth struck out therefrom, said teeth extending in the samedirece tion. along said rows and a series -oi teeth ex tending in theopposite direction and over:

lapping said rows of teeth, the teeth in said series being arranged so that the free end of p one reaches beyondthe ("secured end of the t WQ I d Q11; I 2, A card holding display device compris- ,ing a sheet of stiff material having thereon a pair of spaced: rows of teeth struck out therefrom, said teeth extending in the same direction along saidrows and a series of teethextendingrinthe opposite direction and overlapping said rows of; teeth; the teeth in said series being arranged so that the free the nextl adjacent tooth in the direction in which they extendysaid series ofteet-h being arranged in rows parallel to saidfirst named ii ing a sheet of stiff material having thereon a pair 0t spaced rows of teeth struckout therefrom, said teeth extending in the same dlI'GC-v tion: along saidzrow's and a seriesof teeth extendingi-n the opposite direction and lying between said rows ofteeth,-the'teeth in said series being arranged sothat theiree end of w as.

7 'one reaches beyond I the secured end of the next adjacent tooth'in the direction in which i r they extend, said'sheet having apertures be nea'th said first named teeth'of greater dimensions than "said teeth.

: 4.,A cardholding display-device crnnprisinga'sheetofstili material having thereon a v pairofspaced rowsxofteeth struck out therei from, said teeth extending in'thesan e direcf tion along said rows and. a seriesoif teeth exs tending in the opposite direction andlying series, being arrangedsothat the free end of one reaches beyond the secured end ;.of the between'said rows of teeth, theteeth in said .j I nextadjacent tooth in the. direction in which device compris series being arranged so that the free end of 7 In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name" this 10th day of December, A. D.

1928. PAUL R. VOGEL.

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